A slow, improvised piece based on jazz and modal harmony, with a freeform ballad structure. This was an exploration – unplanned, unscripted – following a chord progression I created.
The mood moves between reflection and release. The right-hand phrases are shaped like a vocal line a lot of the time. but sometimes running high up outlining an arpeggiated figure, while the left hand keeps a quiet pulse that shifts in and out of time.
I think of this as a kind of musical meditation, an example of letting my playing speak before I try to explain it.
For a different style, listen to one of my modal improvisations that incorporates Romantic phrasing and textures with contemporary harmonies and Classical form: Aeolian Nocturne in G — Improvisation with G Aeolian, Dorian and Phrygian Modes
Further listening
